HEALTH MANAGEMENT BIOETHICS AND DEONTOLOGY Single channel

Chair (Coordinator) and Rapporteur: ROBERTA GONNELLA

Module 1: BUSINESS ECONOMY

Activity type
Management sanitario
SSD
SECS-P/07
Year
2nd year
Semester
2nd semester
CFU
1
Hours distribution
10 classroom hours
Lecturers
LUISA BURACCHINI

Module 2: BUSINESS ORGANIZATION

Activity type
Management sanitario
SSD
SECS-P/10
Year
2nd year
Semester
2nd semester
CFU
1
Hours distribution
10 classroom hours
Lecturers
LUISA BURACCHINI

Module 3: TECHNICAL AND REHABILITATION NURSING SCIENCES

Activity type
Scienze della prevenzione dei servizi sanitari
SSD
MED/48
Year
2nd year
Semester
2nd semester
CFU
1
Hours distribution
10 classroom hours
Lecturers
LUISA BURACCHINI

Module 4: HISTORY OF MEDICINE

Activity type
Scienze umane e psicopedagogiche
SSD
MED/02
Year
2nd year
Semester
2nd semester
CFU
1
Hours distribution
10 classroom hours
Lecturers
ROBERTA GONNELLA

Module 5: LEGAL MEDICINE

Activity type
Scienze della prevenzione dei servizi sanitari
SSD
MED/43
Year
2nd year
Semester
2nd semester
CFU
1
Hours distribution
10 classroom hours
Lecturers
SIMONA ZAAMI

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

Understand the organizational structure of healthcare facilities, including the roles and responsibilities of various management levels. Develop basic knowledge of the history of Western medicine, with particular emphasis on the origins and evolution of physiotherapy.

Acquire foundational knowledge of human rights, the regulatory framework governing rehabilitative healthcare professions, professional ethics, bioethics, and confidentiality obligations.

Acquire knowledge of the historical evolution of medicine and physiotherapy from their earliest developments to contemporary practice.

Prerequisites

Basic Knowledge of Hospital Organizational Structure, Healthcare Roles and Professions.
Concept of Law, Legality, and the Rule of Law.
Basic Knowledge of Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Physiology, and Pathophysiology

Programme

Medicine from antiquity to the present day
the concept of care
history of hospitals and places of care
microbial theory
vaccines
major innovations in 20th-century medicine
development and evolution of physiotherapy
health organization
current problems

Books

Module: BUSINESS ECONOMY
N/D
Module: BUSINESS ORGANIZATION
N/D
Module: TECHNICAL AND REHABILITATION NURSING SCIENCES
N/D
Module: HISTORY OF MEDICINE
PDFs of lecture slides, along with any educational videos or scientific articles, are made available on the course's dedicated Classroom page.


Module: LEGAL MEDICINE
di Luca N.M., Feola T., Marinelli E., Ricci S., Bolino G., Busardò F.P., Cecchi R., Ciallella C., Del Rio A., Marsella L.T., Montanari Vergallo G., Rallo G., Rinaldi R., Zaami S. Nuovo compendio di Medicina legale, Edizioni Minerva Medica, Torino, 2021.

Booklet in Powerpoint format provided during the coursework.

Bibliography

Module: BUSINESS ECONOMY
N/D
Module: BUSINESS ORGANIZATION
N/D
Module: TECHNICAL AND REHABILITATION NURSING SCIENCES
N/D
Module: HISTORY OF MEDICINE
N/D
Module: LEGAL MEDICINE
N/D

Lessons mode

Face to face lectures

Frequency

Mandatory attendance

Exam mode

The written exam is structured differently for each individual module and may consist of a multiple-choice test or a test that also includes open-ended questions. During the oral exam, the student will be required to answer questions about the content of each module, as asked by the professor.

Example exam questions

- Describe the organizational structure of the Department/Service of Healthcare Professions.
- What are the basic concepts of risk management?
- Illustrate the history and evolution of management, with reference to the classical school (F.W. Taylor, H. Fayol, M. Weber).
- Explain the main organizational models: functional, divisional, matrix, and project‑based — including the departmental model in hospital organizations.
- Describe professional liability for healthcare professionals, with particular reference to patient safety and good practices under the Gelli Law (Law 24/2017).
- Illustrate what privacy is and outline the obligations of healthcare personnel.
- Explain Hippocrates’ thought on medicine and patient care.

Arguments

  • The schedule of activities is planned flexibly, taking into account the availability of the facilities.

Sustainability goals

  • Goal3
  • Goal4
  • Goal11
  • Academic year2026/2027
  • Degree program to which the course belongsPhysiotherapy - Course D - Roma Azienda S.Camillo Forlanini
  • Mandatory presenceNo
  • Languageita
  • CFU5 CFU, distributed among 5 integrated didactic modules
  • Total duration50 hours